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China May Ban Live Broadcasts During Olympics
by Jarrett Martineau | March 24, 2008 at 07:11 am | 231 views | 5 comments | 5 recommendations
As the 2008 Beijing Olympics draw near, China continues to further its crackdown on political protests and the media:
China might bar live television broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Beijing Olympics, apparently unnerved by the recent outburst of unrest among Tibetans and fearful of protests in the heart of the Chinese capital.A ban on live broadcasts would wreck the plans of NBC and other major international networks, who have paid hundreds of millions of dollars to broadcast the Aug. 8-24 games and are counting on eye-pleasing live shots from the iconic square
March 24, 2008 at 07:11 am by Jarrett Martineau, 231 views, 5 comments
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at 10:46 on March 24th, 2008
Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff. Now China wants to censor everyone on the planet!
at 11:16 on March 24th, 2008
Hello Jarrett,
You'd think China would be wanting to show more transparency within it's borders after the Lhasa debacle and numerous other negative reports coming out of China.
But no, they keep clamming up, clamping down and ensuring that the media are oblivious to new dangerous issues in China.
I have to wonder just how much of the Olympics we're going to get to see on television!
~ Swan
at 11:39 on March 24th, 2008
I completely agree -- and despite all of the recent events their response is the opposite of transparency, it's censorship.
And China has even extended this censorious tactic beyond their borders: see my post this morning on the forced cancellation of a dance performance in Malaysia that was banned because it appears to feature Falun Gong.
It's going to be a tumultuous time leading up to the Beijing games this summer. Let's hope that further pressure is brought to bear on China for taking such drastic, violent, and lamentable actions.
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Texas Truthat 15:44 on March 24th, 2008
This Olympics is going to be interesting. Chinese officials are going to attempt to censor everything out of Beijing. A large number of blogs are going to pop up out of China as the Games near.
at 17:36 on March 24th, 2008
What bothers me is the very likelihood that foreign media outlets will engage in self-censorship during the games, to appease the Chinese government (if such deals weren't already struck).